Emery andbews



(Modeh) E. ANDREWS.

BOX FASTENER.

Patented Nov. 3,

N, FEYERS. Phoiblilhogmpher, Washinglon. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT Games.

EMERY ANDREWVS, OF KENNEBUNK. MAINE, ASSIGNOR TO THE LE ATHEROID MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

BOX FAfiTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 329,614, dated November 3, 1885.

(Modeh) To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EMERY ANDREWS, of Kennebunk, in the county of York and State of Maine, have invented anew and useful Improvement in BoX-Fasteners, of which the fol lowing, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of boxfasteners which are especially adapted to be IO applied to trunks, and to hold the lid in position with reference to the body of the trunk, and is an improvement on Letters Patent of the United States No. 314,641, granted to me under the date of March 31, 1885.

It consists of an improvement in the locking latch or bolt attached to the hasp of the fastener, and of certain novel features in the parts operating therewith, as will be readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, of which Figure l is a top plan; Fig. 2, a bottom plan; Fig. 8 a longitudinal central section showing by dotted lines the hasp raised.

Similar letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

This fastener consists of two main parts, A and B, of which the plate A is designed to be attached to the body, and B to the lid, of a trunk. The part A consists of a metal plate shaped as shown, and having its central portion cut away, so as to receive a hasp,G,which is pivoted to it at a, and which has an enlarged end projecting beyond the plate, to which it is pivoted, and is adapted to enter a corresponding recess in the plate B, and thus fasten the two plates together. This hasp O is grooved out on its under side, so as to receive a sliding bolt, 12, which is pressed outwardly by aspiral spring, a, surrounding a portion of its length, as shown, one end of the spring pressing againsta shoulder upon the bolt, and the other against one of the end walls of the groove or cavity in which the bolt slides. In stead of this spring to make the bolt self-locking, it may be moved by hand, in which case a fiat spring may be arranged to press against it laterally, so as to make sufficient friction to prevent it from being jarred out of place. The self-locking arrangement I prefer as more convenient. This bolt is so mounted in the 5c hasp as to project beyond the end of the same and engage in a recess in the plate B, thus holding the hasp in place. In order to draw back the bolt and release the hasp, the latter is cut away so as to expose a portion of the upper side of the bolt, as shown at cl, and thus allow the finger of the operator to engage a shoulder in the same formed for the purpose. In order that the bolt may be tight in its engagement with the plate Band not rattle, I 6( bevel or slightly taper its top side where it enters the recess, as shown at 9, so that the pressure of the spring causes it always to press against the upper wall of its socket. I usually make one of the plates, as B,with pro- 6 jecting spurs or dowels,as shown at h h, to enter corresponding recesses in the other plate, A, so that the two plates may always register and not cause the hasp to bind in entering the re cess provided for its free end in the plate B. 7(

I claim The combination, with the plate A, and the hasp O, pivoted thereto and provided with a groove and cut-away portion, into which said groove opens, of the bolt 1), sliding in said 7 hasp and adapted to be moved along said groove, and the end thereof exposed in the cut-away portion, whereby it may be moved back by the finger of the operator, and the plateB,with a recess to receive the end of the 8( hasp, and a socket to engage the bolt 0, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 22d day of April, 8 A. D. 1885.

EMERY ANDREWS.

lVitnesses:

\VM. FAIRFIELD, EDWD. \V. MoRroX. 

